Course Objectives

Homework

Examples

MAPLE Worksheets

Readings

Announcements


INSTRUCTOR
JORGE A. RAMÍREZ, PH.D.
PROFESSOR
Water Resources, Hydrologic and Environmental Sciences Division
Civil Engineering Department
A220 Engineering Bldg. (970) 491-7621
Office Hours: MWF 1:00 - 2:00 PM - A222 Engineering Bldg.
E-mail: Jorge.Ramirez@ColoState.edu

Announcements
NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program in Water Research at Colorado State University

I-WATER: Integrated Water, Atmosphere Ecosystems Education and Research Program

AGU Hydrology Days


COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course emphasizes engineering applications of hydrologic science. Rainfall-runoff analysis. Lumped and distributed flow routing. Reservoir and river flood routing. Kinematic, diffusive and dynamic waves. Precipitation data analysis and optimal interpolation. Hydrologic design: risk analysis, hydroeconomic analysis, and analysis of uncertainty. Bayesian decision analysis. Design storms. Design flows. Hydrologic reservoir design. Watershed modeling applied to hydrologic design.

Syllabus


Academic Integrity and Honor Pledge

This course will adhere to the Academic Integrity Policy of the Colorado State University General Catalog and the Student Conduct Code. Accordingly, we will use an honor pledge as indicated below.

The honor pledge will be:

“I pledge that I have not given, received, or used any unauthorized assistance.” and “I pledge that I will not give, receive, or use any unauthorized assistance.


BASIC HYDROLOGY EXAMPLES

Unit Hydrograph Computation - Example (1)
Kinematic Wave Routing - Example
Muskingum Routing - Example
Level Pool Routing - Example
Recession Constants - Example
Unit Hydrograph Derivation - Example
Estimation of Horton Ratios - Example
Infiltration Computations - Example
Precipitation Data Analysis - Interception/Depression Storage - Examples
Precipitable Water - Example


EXAMPLES

Level Pool Routing Example
Muskingum Routing Example

Kinematic Wave Routing Example


HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

Homework No.1
Homework No.2
Homework No.3
Homework No.4


Maple Worksheets for RISK ANALYSIS

The following MAPLE worksheets present applications of Composite Risk Analysis, First Order Second Moment Analysis and Advanced First Order Second Moment Analysis of uncertainty.

First Order Second Moment and Advanced First Order Second Moment Analysis of Uncertainty


Maple Worksheets for KRIGING

The following MAPLE worksheets present applications of KRIGING for optimal estimation of Mean Areal Precipitation and for optimal interpolation (Point Estimation) of precipitation fields.

KRIGING for Optimal Mean Areal Precipitation Estimation
KRIGING for Optimal Interpolation or Point Estimation


Maple Worksheets for Kinematic Wave Modeling

Overland Flow Modeling Example No. 1
Overland Flow Modeling Example No. 2


Maple Worksheets for Estimation of Impulse Response Functions of Hydrologic Systems

The following MAPLE worksheets present applications of linear system theory to the description of hydrologic response. Optimal estimators of impulse response functions for watersheds and channels are presented.

  1. Least Squares Estimators
  2. Least Squares, Linear Programming, and Method of Moments Estimators
  3. Cascade of Linear Reservoirs Model and Linear Channel-Linear Reservoir Model
  4. Continuous Muskingum Routing Model

Readings and Other Supporting Material

Surface Runoff and Streamflow
Derived Distributions
Kinematic waves
Empirical Moments
Gamma Function and Related Functions
Flood Hydrology and Hydraulics - Adobe PDF format Document
Overland Flow Routing - Full Dynamic Wave - Adobe PDF format Document
Distributed Flood Routing - Power Point Presentation
Lumped Flow Routing - Power Point Presentation
Synthetic Unit Hydrographs - Power Point Presentation
Unit Hydrographs and Linear System Theory - Power Point Presentation
Unit Hydrographs - Power Point Presentation
Evapotranspiration - Power Point Presentation
Precipitation Data Analysis - Power Point Presentation
Infiltration - Power Point Presentation

Snyder Unit Hydrograph(Download file in PDF format)


Jorge A. Ramirez
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Revised: April 29, 2004